Gastroptosis
- Spleen Qi Sinking Pattern
- Spleen Deficiency with Fluid Retention Pattern
- Stomach Yin Deficiency Pattern
- Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency Pattern
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
脘腹重坠作胀，食后、站立或劳累后加重，不思饮食，面色萎黄，精神倦怠，舌淡，有齿痕，苔薄白，脉细或濡
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sensation of sagging and distention in the epigastric and abdominal region
- Symptoms worsen after eating, prolonged standing, or overexertion
- Poor appetite and lack of desire to eat
- Sallow, lusterless complexion
- Mental fatigue and physical weakness
- Pale tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thin white coating
- Pulse is thin, weak, or soft, indicating Spleen Qi deficiency and sinking
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾益气，升阳举陷
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May regulate the Spleen and Stomach’s transformation and transportation functions and supplement the body’s Qi to help stabilize the overall condition.
- May assist Yang Qi in rising, help lift the sunken condition, and relieve the sagging discomfort.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
脘腹坠胀不舒，胃内振水声或水在肠间辘辘有声，呕吐清水痰涎，头晕目眩，心悸气短，舌淡胖有齿痕，苔白滑，脉弦滑或弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sensation of sagging, distention, and oppression in the epigastric and abdominal region
- Splashing sounds in the stomach and gurgling in the intestines
- Easy vomiting of thin, watery phlegm and saliva
- Frequent dizziness and blurred vision
- Palpitations and shortness of breath
- Pale, swollen tongue with teeth marks on the edges, white and slippery coating
- Pulse is wiry and slippery or wiry and thin, indicating internal retention of phlegm-fluid
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温胃化饮
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May warm the Stomach and promote its transformation and transportation functions.
- May help resolve retained fluids in the body and promote their elimination.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘痞满，隐隐作坠疼痛，饥不欲食，口干咽燥，纳呆消瘦，烦渴喜饮，大便干结，舌质红或有裂纹，少津少苔，脉细或细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Feeling of stuffiness, fullness, sagging, and dull pain in the epigastric region
- Sensation of hunger but no desire to eat
- Dry mouth and throat
- Poor appetite with gradual weight loss
- Easily thirsty, with constant desire to drink water
- Dry, hard stools
- Red tongue, possibly with cracks, reduced fluids, and very little or no coating
- Pulse is thin and weak or thin and rapid, indicating Yin deficiency
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴润燥，健脾养胃
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May nourish the body’s Yin fluids, moisten dry areas, and gradually alleviate dryness and discomfort.
- May regulate the Spleen’s transformation and transportation, protect Stomach Qi, and help strengthen the Spleen and Stomach for more comfortable digestion.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
脘腹坠胀冷痛，喜温喜按，遇冷或劳累后加重；畏寒肢冷，得食痛减，食后腹胀，倦怠乏力，食欲不振，大便溏薄，或完谷不化，腰膝冷痛，舌淡，边有齿痕，苔薄白，脉沉细或迟
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sagging sensation and cold pain in the epigastric and abdominal region, which prefers warmth and pressure
- Symptoms worsen with cold or overexertion
- Aversion to cold, with hands and feet tending to feel cold
- Pain may be relieved after eating, but post-meal abdominal bloating is pronounced
- Physical fatigue and weakness, poor appetite
- Loose stools, sometimes with undigested food
- Soreness, coldness, and discomfort in the lower back and knees
- Pale tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thin white coating
- Pulse is deep and thin or somewhat slow, indicating Spleen-Kidney Yang deficiency
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温阳散寒，补益脾肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May warm and support Yang Qi, dispel internal cold, and help the body feel warmer.
- May tonify the Spleen and Kidney, helping the Spleen and Kidney functions become more stable and robust.
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